Twenty-five civilians killed in militia attack in eastern Congo
Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters The death toll from an attack in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province rose to 25 on Sunday, a local chief and civil society leader said, after a government spokesman and a UN document confirmed the attack on Saturday. The Cooperative for the Development of […]
Congolese city Goma under threat as thousands flee rebel advance
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters A rocket landed near a university in the Congolese city of Goma on Wednesday as thousands of civilians fled a fresh advance by M23 rebels that threatens to isolate the city of around two million people. There were no casualties from the strike, which blasted a crater into open […]
Militias attack camp for displaced in Congo’s Ituri, over 45 killed
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters More than 45 civilians were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province early on Monday, the United Nation’s peacekeeping mission said. The Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO) group, one of many militias operating in […]
Rebel attacks deepen displacement crisis in Congo’s Ituri
Drodro, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters One month since rebels closed in on Drodro village in eastern Congo, the once bustling wards of its hospital are empty and Doctor James Semire strolls the darkened corridors wondering when patients will dare to return. The community is one of many in Ituri province’s Djugu territory that has […]
At least 30 civilians killed in eastern Congo village attack
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Suspected militants killed at least 30 civilians on Friday in a village raid in Democratic Republic of Congo’s north-eastern Ituri province, the head of a civil society group and a local resident said. Army spokesperson Jules Ngongo Tshikudi confirmed the morning attack in Banyali Kilo, a district in conflict-riven […]
Conflict in eastern Congo forces thousands of schools to close
Kihisi, Democratic Republic Of Congo Reuters Thomas Tumusifu Buregeya wishes he were studying for his final school exams. Instead, he scrapes a living doing odd jobs in a displaced people’s camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a wave of rebel violence upended his life yet again. Thomas Tumusifu Buregeya, 22, repairs his mother’s […]